guineafowl

I had a coturnix quail raise my two guinea keets, and these are the quietest guineafowl I have ever seen. Whenever they are near the quail, they barely make a noise, and they barely get spooked by anything. Compared to guinea-raised keets (that get scared of leaves falling down trees), these...

My 2 keets are almost 6 weeks old, and I plan to free range them with the rest of my birds. I have some rhode Island red pullets and a few turkeys and ducks that all free range and now return to their coop at evening. It took a while for the turkeys to get used to this, but now they are the...

I picked up two small keets from my feed store and they were super stressed. They were not eating food or drinking water, and they were absolutely terrified of humans. I heard that keeping them with chicks will make them somewhat less wild and loud. My chicks are too old to be kept with these...

Hello there! I have had chickens for about 2.5 years now. Currently, I am a proud papa to 2 red sex links and a guineafowl (all layers). I also have 2 adorable dwarf goats that are, for the majority of times, good neighbors to my chickens :D. I've always enjoyed observing animal behavior...

Hi all, I have an Australorp hen that went broody, so I've opted to put this 4 freshly-hatched Australorp chicks under her last night. I originally wanted to put Guineafowl under her, but they're 2 weeks from hatching. I was wondering if it were feasible to still try slipping them under her...

Hello, I have a Guinea with an ear infection. I've cleaned to out with a hydrogen peroxide wash a couple weeks ago, & it didn't seem to do very good. The build up inside his ear ranges from crusty yellow, to cheesy, & goopy. Don't have pictures yet.

I was on Instagram and I saw people talking about their guineas beginning to lay, so I wondered how long it takes to get that first egg, according to an article here on BYC it says “16-18 weeks they begin to lay”. But, according to google, it takes two years to reach sexual maturity? My (3)...

So, I noticed that one of the guineas was acting funny. She kept going back to the house and sitting in there and was really only coming out for food and stuff. There were no eggs, though, so I didn't think anything of it. After getting home today, I found a guinea egg. It's too large to be a...

I have 4 new guineas, bought as keets and now turning juvenile. How do I introduce them to my older guineas? My older ones have a good temperament and get along with all other animals in my yard (chickens, goats, cats, etc). What's the best way to do this? Also, a rather silly question. My...

Hello everyone. I know backyard chickens is mostly for, well, chickens, but the problem I’m facing I have a feeling would be nearly the same if it happened with a chick. I picked up 10 guinea keets that I had ordered today and one of them I didn’t notice anything wrong with, until just a few...

I have 2 hatched keets so far, Earl is 4 days old and Evie is 2 days old. Evie appears to have splayed leg. I though it was just cuz she was very young but it's def not getting better. There are times both her legs are OVER her wings :hit I read an article on here to use a small rubber band and...

i went and bought some guineas and have them in a seperate pen but i was wondering if they would get along ok with peafowl in a very large pen, do they pass disease to peafowl like chickens do? bc i dont keep chickens around my peafowl for that reason. another question is should i worm guineas...

I have an established flock of chickens and will soon add more chickens. I'm also torn between a goose or guinea as a security alarm. Which will do the job without bullying my flock?

Hey guys, long time lurker here. I'm not sure if this is the right section for this question so I apologize if it's not. Basically I'm looking for poultry with dark meat which have great foraging skill. Ratites are great but they're too big. It looks to me like guinea fowl would be best for...